huffingtonpost.com - 8/28/2008
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I've been working in Democratic politics on the local and national level a since the Olde Days when Middle School was called Jr. High, and the Age of Aquarius was a hope and not a song. I worked, mostly, for decent, inspiring and losing politicians. I now support Barack Obama, one of the most gifted and natural politicians I have ever seen, and for political junkies like me, it's been a ...
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"Columngate"
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... plywood columns in particular became the fodder for much merriment yesterday, as aerial photos of the stage set made them look like a papier-mache Acropolis. New York Times: And workers put the finishing touches on the backdrop: faux columns intended to suggest a federal building in Washington and create an air of stateliness. (The McCain campaign named it the Temple of Obama, a label repeated by some commentators.) Lynn Grossman at HuffPo: But there is something coming Thursday night that, to ...
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
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... at Patterico's Pontifications. Nothing says "out of touch" more than the image of being seen next to Greek columns - except for owning many houses, writes The Huffington Post's Lynn Grossman . The Obama campaign organized its supporters to protest a Chicago radio appearance by Obama critic Stanley Kurtz, who has now received harsher treatment from the campaign than Weather Underground member William Ayers did, writes ...
Barack Obama's upcoming TV "special" provides fodder for John McCain
Top of the Ticket —
... Also expect that as the Obama campaign grapples with how to program and produce its half-hour extravaganza, a setting with Greek columns won't figure in their plans. ...
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Keeping Busy at Invesco Field —
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Sound Checks and Phone Banks
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